The Mormons say: Not us! We weren’t involved in opposing marriage equality in Argentina, except for those pesky parts in which we were involved up to our magic undies opposing marriage equality in Argentina.
However … according to The Salt Lake Tribune: “Despite the LDS Church’s claim last week that it had not taken a stand on Argentina’s move to allow gay marriage, a high-ranking church official did join other religious leaders there to plan opposition to the bill.”
LDS official did have role in Argentina gay-marriage battle
The Salt Lake Tribune
Despite the LDS Church’s claim last week that it had not taken a stand on Argentina’s move to allow gay marriage, a high-ranking church official did join other religious leaders there to plan opposition to the bill.
Carlos Aguero, LDS public-affairs director for Argentina and a former Area Authority Seventy, attended a July 7 meeting with leaders from several conservative Christian churches and traditional family organizations, according to a Buenos Aires newspaper.
Aguero did not respond to phone or e-mail queries Thursday, but LDS spokesman Scott Trotter said Aguero’s participation in the protest planning should not be seen as a church endorsement of the opposition.
(emphasis: mine)
WTF? Planning the resistance should not be mistaken for being a part of the resistance?
[ insert Twilight Zone theme ]
According to the newspaper many consider to be the paper of record for the Mormon theocracy of Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune:
“The [LDS] Church has made its support of traditional marriage clear but it does not involve itself institutionally in every same-sex election contest,” Trotter said. “The church took no official position on the marriage legislation in Argentina and did not organize its members to participate in opposing the legislation.”
Instead, Mormon leaders in Argentina on Sunday read a letter from the Utah-based church’s governing First Presidency, reiterating its support for traditional marriage, to all congregations in that South American country. The letter did not ask members to contribute time or money to the opposition, as it had in California’s Proposition 8, which opposed gay marriage.
The paper notes that despite tens of thousands attending the rally that the Mormons’ main man in Argentina helped organize, “[t]heir opposition was not enough to stop Argentina’s Senate from approving the measure Thursday in a contentious 33-27 vote.”
